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Australia climbs to top of Paris 2024 Olympic medal table

VN (according to VNA) July 28, 2024 07:03

Australia currently leads the medal standings, followed by China - who won the first gold medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics on July 27.

Vận động viên Australia Ariarne Titmus tranh tài trong nội dung bơi tự do 400 mét nữ vòng loại tại Olympic Paris 2024, ngày 27/7. (Ảnh: AP)
Australia's Ariarne Titmus competes in the women's 400m freestyle qualifying event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, July 27

As of 3:00 a.m. on July 28 (Vietnam time), the Australian sports delegation is leading with 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals. In second place is the Chinese delegation with 2 gold medals and 1 bronze medal.

At 4:25 p.m. on July 27 (Vietnam time), China won its first gold medal at the 2024 Olympics. This gold medal came from the 10m air pistol mixed team event. After that, China won its second gold medal in the women's team diving event.

On this competition day, the Vietnamese delegation had 5 athletes participating in the competition, including Hoang Thi Tinh (qualifying round of the women's under-48kg category in Judo), Pham Thi Hue (qualifying round of the women's single sculls category in Rowing), Trinh Thu Vinh (qualifying round of the women's 10m air pistol category in shooting), Vo Thi Kim Anh (round 1/32 of the women's 54kg category in Boxing) and Ha Thi Linh (round 1/32 of the women's 60kg category in Boxing).

Notably, shooter Trinh Thu Vinh scored 578 points, ranked 4th in the qualifying round, thereby entering the final of the women's 10m air pistol at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

After 6 rounds of shooting with 60 bullets, Trinh Thu Vinh scored 578 points. She was 4 points behind shooters Veronika Major (Hungary) and Oh Ye-jin (South Korea). In third place was Manu Bhaker (India), with 580 points.

Thu Vinh became the second Vietnamese shooter to reach the final of an Olympic shooting event, after Hoang Xuan Vinh - the legend who won the gold medal in the 10m and silver medal in the men's 50m air pistol at Rio 2016.

The final round will take place at 5:00 p.m. on July 28.

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Boxer Ha Thi Linh performs a left-handed counterattack against opponent Feofaaki Epenisa

In Boxing, women's 60kg weight class, boxer Ha Thi Linh defeated opponent Feofaaki Epenisa (Tonga) 5-0 (30/26, 30/26, 30/27, 30/27 and 30/25), winning the right to enter the round of 16.

Ha Thi Linh's opponent in the next round on July 29 is Yang Wenlu (China), a very strong boxer who won the world championship in 2016 and is the current ASIAD champion.

Today, July 28, Judo athlete Hoang Thi Tinh stopped at the qualifying round of the women's 48kg category. Rower Pham Thi Hue finished 4th in the fifth round of the single sculls rowing qualifying round and will compete in the play-off round for a ticket to the quarterfinals on the afternoon of July 28.

List of top 10 teams in the overall rankings:

Australia: 3 gold medals, 2 silver medals

China: 2 gold medals, 1 bronze medal

USA: 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals, 2 bronze medals

France: 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal

Belgium: 1 gold medal, 1 bronze medal

Japan: 1 gold medal, 1 bronze medal

Kazakhstan: 1 gold medal, 1 bronze medal

Germany: 1 gold medal

Italy: 1 silver medal, 2 bronze medals

United Kingdom: 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal.

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